Indira Talwani

Indira Talwani
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 12, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byMark L. Wolf
Personal details
Born1960 (age 65–66)
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationRadcliffe College (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Indira Talwani (born 1960)[1] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Biography

Daughter of Manik Talwani, a geophysicist, from Punjab, India, Talwani, attended and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1978, received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1982, from Radcliffe College. She received a Juris Doctor in 1988 from UC Berkeley School of Law, graduating Order of the Coif.[2][3] She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Stanley Alexander Weigel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from 1988 to 1989. She served as an associate at the San Francisco, California, law firm of Altshuler Berzon LLP, from 1989 to 1995 and as a partner at that law firm, from 1996 to 1999. From 1999 to 2014, she served as a partner at the Boston, Massachusetts, law firm of Segal Roitman LLP, where she focused her practice on civil litigation at the state and federal trial court and appellate levels.[4][5]

Federal judicial service

On September 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Talwani to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to the seat vacated by Judge Mark L. Wolf, who assumed senior status on January 1, 2013.[6] On February 6, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee.[7] Cloture was filed on her nomination on May 6, 2014.[8] On May 8, 2014, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 55–41 vote.[9] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 94–0 vote.[10] She received her judicial commission on May 12, 2014.[5]

Talwani presided over the sentencing of many parents involved in the Operation Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, including actress Felicity Huffman. Talwani sentenced Huffman to 14 days in prison, 1 year supervised release, a $30,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service after Huffman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and honest services mail fraud for her role in the scandal. Huffman served 11 out of her 14 days.[11]

On July 28, 2025, Talwani ordered the Trump administration to continue Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, blocking enforcement of that provision of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" signed earlier that month. [12] Talwani's ruling kept Planned Parenthood funded for six weeks, until the 1st Circuit permitted the Trump administration to end Planned Parenthood funding in September. [13]

Talwani blocked Trump administration from revoking immigration parole by issuing a temporary restraining order that extends the “family reunification parole” status of immigrants who were set to see it expire on January 14, 2026 as part of the administration’s broad crackdown on immigration.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (2013). Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, Part 7. Government Publishing Office. p. 230. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  2. ^ "Who is Indira Talwani, the Indian-American judge who blocked Trump's deportation order?". The Times of India. April 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "Biography at Segal Roitman LLP". Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. September 24, 2013 – via National Archives.
  5. ^ a b Indira Talwani at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  6. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. September 24, 2013 – via National Archives.
  7. ^ "Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  8. ^ "Cloture filed on 4 judicial nominations (Talwani, Peterson, Rosenstengal, Rosenbaum)". Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  9. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  10. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  11. ^ "First Parent in College Admissions Case Sentenced to Prison". September 13, 2019.
  12. ^ "Judge orders Trump administration to continue Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood". The Guardian. July 28, 2025. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  13. ^ "Court allows Trump administration to end Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding". Reuters. September 11, 2025. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  14. ^ "Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking immigration parole". Politico. January 11, 2026. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
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